The Works of Josh Lanyon

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</table> <br> <table width="532" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="79%"> <p><a name="fatal"></a><font size="3" color="#ee0000" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><a href="fatal_shadows.html">Fatal Shadows</a></b></font><font size="3" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><br> </font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>2007, MLR Press<br> </b></font><b><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">(Trade paperback)</font></b><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><br> Revised<br> ISBN: 0-979-31104-7<br> </b></font><b><i><FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0979311047/thethrillindetec" target="_blank">Buy this book</A></FONT><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><br> </font></i></b></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>Included in<br> </b></font><font size="3" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><a href="adrien_mysteries.html">The Adrien English Mysteries</a></b></font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><br> 2007, Loose Id<br> (E-book edition)<br> Revised.<br> ISBN: 978-1-59632-465-7<br> Comprisng "Fatal Shadows" and "A Dangerous Thing."<br> </b></font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i><a href="http://www.loose-id.com/detail.aspx?ID=459">Buy this book</a></i></b></font></p> <p><a href="rg_fatal_shadows.pdf"><img src="images/readers_guide_available.gif" alt="" height="24" width="120" border="1"></a></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i>Read <a href="fatal_shadows_excerpt.html">an excerpt</a>.<br> </i></b></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white"><i><font face="Arial">"Funny, filled with great thumbnail characterizations...a thoroughly satisfying read."<br> </font><font color="#ee0000" face="Arial"><b>Eden Embler, I Love a Mystery</b></font></i></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><i>"Josh Lanyon writes spare, fluent prose and the dialogue rings true. The plot is quite involving and readers will be intrigued by a budding relationship which, amateur sleuth that I am, I suspect may develop in future books of the series."  <br> </i></font><font size="-1" color="#ee0000" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><i><b>Marian Hussenbux, I Love A Mystery</b></i></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i>Read <a href="fatal_shadows.html#reviews">more reviews</a>.<br> </i></b></font></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="21%"> <div align="right"> <a href="fatal_shadows.html"><img src="images/2007_fatal_shadows.jpg" alt="" height="162" width="101" border="1"></a> <p><a href="fatal_shadows.html?ID=459"><img src="images/mysteries.jpg" alt="" height="152" width="101" align="top" border="1"></a></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <p><img src="images/red_spacer.jpg" alt="" height="15" width="530" border="0"></p> <table width="532" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="79%"> <p><font color="#ee0000"><a name="dangerous"></a></font><font size="3" color="#ee0000" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><a href="a_dangerous_thing.html">A Dangerous Thing<br> </a></b></font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>2007, MLR Press<br> </b></font><b><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">(Trade paperback)</font></b><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><br> Revised<br> ISBN: 0-979-31105-5<br> </b></font><b><i><FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0979311055/thethrillindetec" target="_blank">Buy this book</A></FONT><font size="-1" color="white">.</font></i></b></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>Included in<br> </b></font><font size="3" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><a href="adrien_mysteries.html">The Adrien English Mysteries</a></b></font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><br> 2007, Loose Id<br> (E-book edition)<br> Revised.<br> ISBN: 978-1-59632-465-7<br> Comprisng "Fatal Shadows" and "A Dangerous Thing."<br> </b></font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i><a href="http://www.loose-id.com/detail.aspx?ID=459">Buy this book</a></i></b></font></p> <p><a href="rg_a_dangerous_thing.pdf"><img src="images/readers_guide_available.gif" alt="" height="24" width="120" border="1"></a></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i>Read <a href="a_dangerous_thing_excerpt.html">an excerpt</a>.<br> </i></b></font></p> <p><i><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial">"Lanyon's second book is a riveting romp, moving along at an incredible pace.  Detective Jake Riordan's coming to terms with his first relationship with a man manages to be touching without being cliche-ridden.<br> </font><font size="-1" color="#ee0000" face="Arial"><b>Scott Matthewman, Gay.com UK</b></font></i></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i>Read <a href="a_dangerous_thing.html#reviews">more reviews</a>.<br> </i></b></font></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="21%"> <div align="right"> <font color="red"><a href="a_dangerous_thing.html"><img src="images/a_dangerous_thing_mlr.jpg" alt="" height="159" width="101" align="top" border="1"></a></font> <p><a href="a_dangerous_thing.html"><img src="images/mysteries.jpg" alt="" height="152" width="101" align="top" border="1"></a></p> <p></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <p><img src="images/red_spacer.jpg" alt="" height="15" width="530" border="0"></p> <table width="532" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="79%"> <p><font size="3" color="#ee0000" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><a href="the_hell_you_say.html">The Hell You Say</a></b></font><font color="white"><br> </font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>2007, mlr press<br> </b></font><b><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">(Trade paperback)</font></b><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><br> fDecember 2007.<br> </b></font><b><i><FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1934531014/thethrillindetec" target="_blank">Buy this book</A></FONT></i></b><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><br> </b></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>2007, Loose id<br> </b></font><b><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">(E-book)</font></b><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><br> December 2007.<br> </b></font><b><i><FONT SIZE="-1"><a href="http://www.loose-id.net/detail.aspx?ID=607">Buy this book</a></FONT></i></b><font size="-1" color="black" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>.</b></font></p> <p><a href="rg_hell_you_say.pdf"><img src="images/readers_guide_available.gif" alt="" height="24" width="120" border="1"></a></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i>Read <a href="the_hell_you_say_excerpt.html">an excerpt<br> </a></i></b></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="yellow"><b><i>Short-listed for the 2007 Lambda Award,<br> in the Gay mystery category.</i></b></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white"><i><font color="white" face="Arial">"Satisfying for a first read as a good beach mystery, for a second or third for reflection. Lanyon has joined Joseph Hansen in power and is now poised to surpass him."<br> </font></i></font><font size="-1" color="white"><i><font color="#ee0000" face="Arial"><b>Drewey Wayne Gunn, Reviewing the Evidence</b></font></i></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i>Read <a href="the_hell_you_say.html#reviews">more reviews</a>.<br> </i></b></font></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="21%"> <div align="right"> <font color="#fe0000"><a href="the_hell_you_say.html"><img src="images/hell_you_say.jpg" alt="" height="159" width="101" align="top" border="1"></a></font> <p><a href="the_hell_you_say.html"><img src="images/hell_you_say_looseid.jpg" alt="" height="152" width="101" border="1"></a></p> <p></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <p><img src="images/red_spacer.jpg" alt="" height="15" width="530" border="0"></p> <table width="532" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="79%"> <p><font size="3" color="#ee0000" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><a href="pirate_king.html">Death of a Pirate King</a></b></font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><br> </b></font><font size="-1" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>September 2008, MLR Press<br> </b></font><b><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">(Trade paperback)<br> </font></b><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1934531316/thethrillindetec" target="_blank"> Buy this book</a></i></b></font><font size="-1" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><br> </b></font></p> <p><b><font size="-1" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">E-book<br> </font></b><b><font size="-1" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">September 2008, Loose Id<br> </font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">(E-book)<br> </font></b><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i><a href="http://www.mlrpress.com/upcoming.php">Buy this book</a></i></b></font></p> <p><a href="rg_pirate_king.pdf"><img src="images/readers_guide_available.gif" alt="" height="24" width="120" border="1"></a></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Gay bookseller and reluctant amateur sleuth Adrien English's writing career is suddenly taking off. His first novel, Murder Will Out, has been optioned by notorious Hollywood actor Paul Kane. But when murder makes an appearance at a dinner party, who should be called in but Adrien's former lover, handsome closeted detective Jake Riordan, now a Lieutenant with LAPD -- which may just drive Adrien's new boyfriend, sexy UCLA professor Guy Snowden, to commit a murder of his own!</font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i>Read <a href="pirate_king.html">an excerpt</a>.</i></b></font></p> </td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="21%"> <div align="right"> <p><font color="#fe0000"><a href="pirate_king.html"><img src="images/pirate_king.jpg" alt="" height="158" width="101" border="1"></a></font></p> <p><a href="pirate_king.html"><img src="images/pirate-king-loose_id.jpg" alt="" height="152" width="101" align="middle" border="1"></a><br> <br> </p> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="79%"> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><i>"Death of a Pirate King is an extraordinary suspense that will hold you spellbound from page one to the end; I could not stop reading until I discovered who murdered Porter Jones. Josh Lanyon continues the story of Adrien and Jake by producing a brilliant plot that is well paced, gripping and emotional.This is an incredible story and currently my favorite of the series. "<br> </i></font><font size="-1" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><i><b>Literary Nymphs - 5 Nymphs (Golden Blush Recommended Read)</b></i></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><i>And a specia</i></font><font size="-1"><i><font color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">l tribute from gal pal Lisabea at <a href="http://lisabea.blogspot.com/2008/09/manlovemonday-not-review.html"><b>Nose in a Book</b></a>.</font></i></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i>Read <a href="pirate_king.html#reviews">more reviews</a>.</i></b></font></p> </td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="21%"> <div align="center"> <a href="http://www.literarynymphs.com"><img src="images/nymphs.jpg" alt="" height="100" width="69" border="1"></a></div> </td> </tr> </table> <p><img src="images/red_spacer.jpg" alt="" height="15" width="530" border="0"></p> <table width="532" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="79%"> <p><font size="3" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><a href="dark_tide.html">The Dark Tide</a></b></font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><br> </b></font><font size="-1" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><span class="ds93">December 2009, Loose id<br> </span></b></font><font size="-1" color="white"><b><span class="ds48"><a href="http://www.loose-id.com/Adrien-English-Mysteries-5-The-Dark-Tide.aspx">Buy this book</a></span></b></font></p> <p class="ds68"><font size="-1"><span class="ds103">Like recovering from heart surgery beneath the gaze of his over-protective family isn't exasperating enough, someone keeps trying to break into Adrien English's bookstore. What is this determined midnight intruder searching for?</span></font></p> <p class="ds68"><font size="-1"><span class="ds103">When a half-century old skeleton tumbles out of the wall in the midst of Cloak and Dagger Bookstore's renovation, Adrien turns to hot and handsome ex-lover Jake Riordan -- now out-of-the closet and working as a private detective.</span></font></p> <p class="ds68"><font size="-1"><span class="ds103">Jake is only too happy to have reason to stay in close contact with Adrien, but there are more surprises in Adrien's past than either one of them expects -- and one of them may prove haz</span><span class="ds72">rdous to Jake's own heart.</span></font></p> <p class="ds68"><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i>Read <a href="dark_tide_excerpt.html">an excerpt</a>.</i></b></font></p> </td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="21%"> <div align="right"> <p><font color="red"><a href="dark_tide.html?ID=439"><img class="dsR50" src="images/the_dark_tide.jpg" alt="" border="1"></a></font></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <p><img src="images/red_spacer.jpg" alt="" height="15" width="530" border="0"><br> <br> </p> <table width="532" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="79%"><a name="holmes"></a><font size="3" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>THE "HOLMES & MORIARITY" SERIES</b></font></td> <td valign="top" width="21%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="79%"></td> <td valign="top" width="21%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="79%"> <p><a name="mexican"></a><font size="3" color="#ee0000" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><a href="somebody_killed.html">Somebody Killed His Editor</a><br> </b></font><font size="-1" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>June 2009, Samhain<br> </b></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">For sixteen years Christopher (Kit) Holmes has enjoyed a successful career as a mystery writer, thanks to the popularity of elderly spinster sleuth, Miss Butterwith and her ingenious cat, Mr. Pinkerton.  But sales are down in everything but chick lit and Christophers new editor doesnt like geriatric gumshoes.  Its a pink, pink world for Kit.</font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Reluctantly the reclusive Christopher agrees to attend a mystery writers conference at a remote Northern California winery.  But no sooner does he arrive then the bridge to the outside world washes out. On his trek to the Blue Heron Lodge, Christopher discovers the body of a woman in the woods.  If nearly two decades of mystery-writing are anything to go by, the woman doesnt appear to have died a natural death.</font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Thanks to the ongoing storm and washed-out bridge, local law enforcement is not able to come to the rescue. Déjà vu!  Its practically like all those classic murder mysteries in isolated country manors that Christopher has been penning for sixteen years!  If only Miss Butterwith was on hand. Or even Mr. Pinkerton....</font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i>Read<a href="somebody_killed.html"> an excerpt</a>.</i></b></font></p> <p><br> <font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><i>"Overall, Josh Lanyon's first deliberately comic novel is a hit from start to finish. The darker mystery elements perfectly contrasted with the lighter comic moments, with neither detracting from each other. That, combined with a set of disparate characters; many, many amusing jokes on the nature of the publishing industry; gruesome murders and the start of what looks to be a thrilling, tender romance, made this a book to be read again and again. I highly recommend <b>Someone Killed His Editor</b> with a grade of 'Excellent' and I will be waiting impatiently for the next in the series.<br> </i></font><font size="-1" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><i><b>Well Read Reviews</b></i></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i>Read<a href="somebody_killed.html#reviews"> more reviews</a>.</i></b></font></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="21%"> <div align="center"> <a href="somebody_killed.html"><img src="images/somebody_killed.jpg" alt="" height="151" width="101" border="1"></a></div> </td> </tr> </table> <p><img src="images/red_spacer.jpg" alt="" height="15" width="530" border="0"><br> </p> <table width="532" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="79%"><a name="standalones"></a><font size="3" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>STANDALONES</b></font></td> <td valign="top" width="21%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="79%"></td> <td valign="top" width="21%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="79%"> <p><a name="mexican"></a><font size="3" color="#ee0000" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><a href="mexican_heat.html">Mexican Heat</a><br> </b></font><font size="3" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>By Josh Lanyon and Laura Baumbach<br> </b></font><font size="-1" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>October 2008, MLR Press<br> </b></font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1934531057/thethrillindetec" target="_blank">Buy this book</a></i></b></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Tough, street-smart SFPD Detective Gabriel Sandalini is willing to do whatever it takes to bring down West Coast crime boss Ricco Botelli --including a dangerous, deep undercover gig as one of Botelli's hired guns. But Gabriel's best laid plans may come crashing down around him when he falls hard for Antonio Lorenzo, the sexy, suave lieutenant of a rival Mexican drug lord.  Turns out Antonio may have a few secrets of his own: secrets that could destroy both men and the fragile bond between them.</font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i>Read<a href="mexican_heat.html"> an excerpt</a>.<br> <br> </i></b></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><i>"Laura Baumbach and Josh Lanyon have written a powerful, multifaceted story that illustrates their undoubted skill as writers and demonstrates why their books are so highly regarded. Their blended "voice" is unique and new and although there are elements of their individual writing style, highlighted by the wonderful prose in this book, Mexican Heat is completely different from anything either author has published before."<br> </i></font><font size="-1" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><i><b>Reviews by Jessewave Rating: (5+ stars out of 5 )</b></i></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i>Read <a href="mexican_heat.html#reviews">more reviews</a>.</i></b></font></p> <div align="center"> <p><font size="-1" color="#000011" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i><a href="http://www.romancejunkies.com"><img src="images/blueribbon_banner.jpg" alt="" height="60" width="101" align="middle" border="1"></a>.....</i></b></font><font color="#000011"><a href="http://www.literarynymphs.com"><img src="images/nymphs.jpg" alt="" height="100" width="69" align="middle" border="1"></a>.....</font><font color="red"><img src="images/joy.jpg" alt="" height="58" width="101" align="middle" border="1"></font></p> </div> </td> <td valign="top" width="21%"> <div align="center"> <font color="red"><a href="mexican_heat.html"><img src="images/mexican_heat.jpg" alt="" height="151" width="101" border="1"></a>\</font> <div align="center"> <p><a href="mexican_heat.html"><img src="images/mexican_heat_samhain.jpg" alt="" height="151" width="101" border="1"></a></p> <p></p> <p></p> </div> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <p><img src="images/red_spacer.jpg" alt="" height="15" width="530" border="0"></p> <table width="532" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="79%"> <p><font size="3" color="#ee0000" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><a href="yellow_socks.html">The Ghost Wore Yellow Socks</a></b></font><font size="3" color="#ee0000" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><br> </b></font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>December 16, 2008, MLR Press<br> </b></font><b><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">(Trade paperback)<br> </font></b><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1934531146/thethrillindetec" target="_blank">Buy this book</a></i></b></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>2008, Loose Id<br> </b></font><b><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">(E-book)<br> </font></b><font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><font size="-1" color="white"><a href="http://www.loose-id.com/detail.aspx?ID=826"><i>Buy this book</i></a></font></b></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Josh's first stand-alone novel. His romantic weekend in ruins, shy twenty-something artist Perry Foster learns that things can always get worse when he returns home from San Francisco to find a dead body in his bathtub. A dead body in a very ugly sportscoat -- and matching socks. The dead man is a stranger to Perry, but that's not much of a comfort; how did a strange dead man get in a locked flat at the isolated Alton Estate in the wilds of the "Northeast Kingdom" of Vermont? Perry turns to help from "tall, dark and hostile" former navy SEAL Nick Reno -- but is Reno all that he seems?</font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i>Read<a href="yellow_socks_excerpt.html"> an excerpt</a>.<br> <a href="yellow_socks_excerpt.html"><br> </a></i></b></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><i>"I absolutely loved <b>The Ghost Wore Yellow Socks</b>.  Josh Lanyon has such a knack for creating flawed yet fascinating characters, and Perry and Nick are great examples.  Perry seems so fragile at the beginning, yet he has a core of stubbornness and strength that keeps him going no matter how tough things get.  Nick starts out surly, cold, and even mean at times, but he too has hidden depths.  As they attempt to find out who killed the man in Perrys tuband where the body wentthey learn a lot about the odd inhabitants of the apartment building, and about each other.  The interaction between Perry and Nick kept me on the edge of my seat just as much as the mystery did, and the ending is even more satisfying because of that.  The Ghost Wore Yellow Socks has everything you could ask for in a romantic suspense story:  mystery, action, romance, and emotion.  In my opinion, The Ghost Wore Yellow Socks is required reading for anyone who likes a good mystery with a satisfying romance."<br> </i></font><font size="-1" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><i><b>Joyfully Reviewed (Recommended Read)</b></i></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i>Read <a href="yellow_socks.html#reviews">more reviews</a>.</i></b></font></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="21%"> <div align="center"> <font color="red"><a href="yellow_socks.html"><img src="images/yellow_socks.jpg" alt="" height="159" width="101" border="1"></a></font> <p><a href="yellow_socks.html"><img src="images/ghost_wore_yellow_socks.jpg" alt="" height="159" width="107" border="1"></a></p> <p><img src="images/joy.jpg" alt="" height="58" width="101" border="1"></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <p><img src="images/red_spacer.jpg" alt="" height="15" width="530" border="0"><br> </p> <table width="532" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="79%"> <p><font size="3" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><a href="strange_fortune.html">Strange Fortune</a><br> </b></font><b><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">December 2009<br> Blind Eye Books<br> </font></b><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i><a href="http://www.blindeyebooks.com/strange.html">Buy this book</a></i></b></font><font size="-1" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><font color="white"><br> </font></b></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><span class="ds22">Dashing soldier of fortune Ma</span>jor Valentine Strange, late of the Emperor of Alba’s 21st Regiment of Benhali Lancers, is hired by Brahman Ehimay Warrick to find a legendary diadem reputedly hidden in a lost monastery somewhere deep in the distant, snowy mountains of Hidush. To ensure Strange’s success in this quest vital to the future of the politically unstable Hidush, the powerful Holy Orders designate Master Aleister Grimshaw, a powerful young witch with his own history of instability -- political and other -- to accompany the dashing major.   But long before Strange and the unwilling Grimshaw reach the tea bushes of the foothills and the lost city of Nagara, they realize there are forces both natural and unnatural at work to stop them from ever achieving their objective. Their only chance for success relies on each other and their tentative friendship -- as does their only hope for survival.</font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i>Read <a href="strange_fortune.html#excerpt">an excerpt</a>.</i></b></font></p> <p class="ds59"><font size="-1"><span class="ds29">"Mystery author Lanyon (the Adrien English series) makes his first foray into fantasy with a taut, energetic and romantic tale. In Hidush, an analogue for India in its final days as a British colony, a colonial religious group sends bisexual adventurer Maj. Valentine Strange and troubled witch Aleister Grimshaw to retrieve a goddess's lost diadem from a mountain monastery. As the two men are beset by traitors, wild animals, monks with political agendas and a spiritual force that threatens all of Hidush, their mutual attraction unfolds beautifully and dramatically."</span><span class="ds46"><span class="ds22"><span class="ds48"><br> </span></span></span><span class="ds49">Publisher's Weekly</span></font></p> <p class="ds59"><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i>Read<a href="strange_fortune.html#reviews"> more reviews</a>.</i></b></font></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="21%"> <div align="right"> <a href="strange_fortune.html"><img src="images/strange-fortune.jpg" alt="" height="152" width="101" border="1"></a></div> </td> </tr> </table> <p><img src="images/red_spacer.jpg" alt="" height="15" width="530" border="0"></p> <p><br> </p> <table width="64" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="532"><font color="#000011"><a name="collections"></a></font><b><i><font size="+2" color="#ee0000" face="Arial">Collections and Omnibus Editions</font></i></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="532"><img src="images/red_spacer.jpg" alt="" height="20" width="530" border="0"></td> </tr> </table> <br> <table width="532" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="79%"> <p><a name="mysteries"></a><font size="3" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><a href="adrien_mysteries.html">The Adrien English Mysteries</a><br> </b></font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>Comprising <a href="#fatal">Fatal Shadows</a> and <a href="#man">A Dangerous Thing</a><br> 2007, Loose Id.<br> </b></font><b><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">(E-book)<br> </font></b><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>Revised.<br> </b></font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i><a href="http://www.loose-id.com/detail.aspx?ID=459">Buy this book</a>.</i></b></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><i>"These were two of the best books I think I've ever read. Fast-paced, entertaining, beautifully written, genuinely scary in parts, witty, funny and with wonderfully complex mystery plots which left me wanting to turn the page regardless of the romance. But the romance was gorgeous! You can feel the chemistry between sharp-witted but vulnerable Adrien and 'straight as a stick figure' Jake, and their difficulties and challenges in relating to one another make their moments of tenderness so much more touching."<br> </i></font><b><font size="-1" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><i>Alex Beecroft, <a href="http://www.nightowlromance.com">N</a></i></font></b><font size="-1" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><i><a href="http://www.nightowlromance.com">ight Owl Romance</a>, on the omnibus edition.</i></b></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><i>"Emotionally intense, darkly seductive and immensely entertaining."<br> </i></font><font size="-1" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><i><a href="http://literarynymphsreviewsonly.blogspot.com/2007/05/adrien-english">Literary Nymphs</a></i></b></font></p> <table width="333" border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td><font size="-1" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><i><a href="http://literarynymphsreviewsonly.blogspot.com/2007/05/adrien-english"><img src="images/pred_ed_top10.jpg" alt="" height="85" width="85" align="left" border="1" hspace="4"></a></i></b></font></td> <td valign="top"><i><font size="-1" color="yellow" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>3rd Place,<br> "Best Print/Electronic Mystery"<br> Preditors and Editors Poll</b></font></i></td> </tr> </table> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i>Read <a href="adrien_mysteries.html#reviews">more reviews</a>.</i></b></font></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="21%"> <div align="right"> <a href="adrien_mysteries.html"><img src="images/mysteries.jpg" alt="" height="151" width="101" align="top" border="1"></a></div> <div align="center"> <p><br> </p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <p><img src="images/red_spacer.jpg" alt="" height="15" width="530" border="0"></p> <table width="532" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="79%"> <p><a name="collected_novellas"></a><font size="3" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><a href="collected_novellas.html"> Collected Novellas<br> Volumes I and II</a><br> </b></font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>2009, MLR Press<br> Trade paperbacks<br> </b></font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/160820006X/thethrillindetec" target="_blank">Buy Volume I</a><br> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1608200523/thethrillindetec" target="_blank">Buy Volume II</a></i></b></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Like a little murder and mayhem with your man-on-man romance? Award-winning novelist Josh Lanyons first ever collection of short stories and novellas, spread over two volumes, will keep you turning pages long into the night.</font></p> <div align="left"> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><i>Volume I</i> includes these witty, sexy, and action-packed reader favorites:</font></p> <ul> <li><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">"Dangerous Ground"</font> <li><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">"Snowball in Hell"</font> <li><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">"Cards on the Table"</font> <li><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">"In Sunshine and In Shadow"<br> <i>(exclusive to this collection)</i></font> </ul> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">And<i> Volume II</i> includes another five tasty tales, also guaranteed to get a rise out of you:</font></p> <ul> <li><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">"The Dark Horse"</font> <li><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">"In a Dark Wood"</font> <li><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">"Ghost of a Chance"</font> <li><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">"I Spy Something Bloody"</font> <li><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">"By Limited Engagement" </font> </ul> <p><font size="-1" color="white"><a href="collected_novellas.html#excerpt"><b><i>Read an excerpt from "In Sunshine and In Shadow"<br> <br> </i></b></a></font></p> </div> </td> <td valign="top"><a href="collected_novellas.html"><img src="images/collected_novellas_1.jpg" alt="" height="159" width="101" align="top" border="1"></a> <p><a href="collected_novellas.html"><img src="images/collected_novellas_2.jpg" alt="" height="159" width="101" border="1"></a></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p><img src="images/red_spacer.jpg" alt="" height="15" width="530" border="0"><br> <br> </p> <table width="64" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="532"><font color="#000011"><a name="novellas"></a></font><b><i><font size="+2" color="#ee0000" face="Arial">Novellas & Short Stories <br> <br> </font></i></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="532"><img src="images/red_spacer.jpg" alt="" height="20" width="530" border="0"></td> </tr> </table> <br> <table width="532" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="79%"> <p><font size="3" color="#ee0000" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><a href="dark_horse.html">"The Dark Horse"</a></b></font><font color="white"><br> </font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>2007, Loose ID<br> (E-book)</b></font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i><a href="http://www.loose-id.com/detail.aspx?ID=439">Buy this book</a>.</i></b></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Love is a dark horseand Sean Fairchild is in for the ride of his life.</font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i> Read <a href="dark_horse_excerpt_warning.html">an excerpt</a> (but only if you're over eighteen)<br> <br> </i></b></font></p> <p><i><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">"... an absolutely riveting suspense tale, by far one of the best this reviewer can remember. Rich in depth of characterization with a twisty plot that keeps the reader guessing. The m/m intimacy is woven into the story and is somewhat explicit, but is never belaboured. It is couched in the emotional attraction between Dan and Sean. Author Josh Lanyon carefully explores the background of Sean's psychological issues and brings the characters to life in a way so vivid that the reader will feel as if he is watching the story unfold rather than simply reading it in a book... a most excellent novel and deserving of highest praise."<br> </font><font size="-1" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>The Romance Studio - 5 Hearts</b></font></i></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i>Read <a href="dark_horse.html#reviews">more reviews</a>.</i></b></font></p> <p><i><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">The prequel/sequel to </font><font size="-1" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>The Dark Horse</b></font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">, </font><font size="-1" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><a href="white_knight.html">The White Knight</a></b></font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">, is now available.</font></i></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="21%"> <div align="right"> <a href="dark_horse.html"><img src="images/DarkHorse_cover.jpg" alt="" height="154" width="101" align="top" border="1" hspace="2"></a></div> </td> </tr> </table> <p><img src="images/red_spacer.jpg" alt="" height="15" width="530" border="0"></p> <table width="532" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="79%"> <p><font size="3" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><a href="white_knight.html">"The White Knight"</a><br> </b></font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>March 2009, Loose Id</b></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">The long-awaited prequel & sequel to "<a href="dark_horse.html"><b>The Dark Horse</b></a>"  -- exclusively on Loose Id!</font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Actor Sean Fairchild has a not-so-secret admirer: a psycho stalker who thinks taking out the sexy, shy young actor will leave the world a better place. His manager insists Sean needs protection, and Seans beginning to think hes right.</font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Its a Hollywood cliché: the hot and handsome bodyguard. But in the case of LAPD Detective Daniel Moran, its all true. Dan is everything Sean ever wanted in a leading man, but Dans kind of an old-fashioned guy. Its his job to keep Sean safe and in one piece -- happy is someone elses problem.</font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">As tension mounts, Sean cant help turning to Dan, while Dan is finding it harder and harder to say no. Their only chance of a happy ending is if Dan can keep Sean alive -- but what happens when he uncovers the secrets Sean is trying hard to conceal?  </font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i>Read <a href="white_knight.html">an excerpt</a>.<br> <br> </i></b></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><i>"In true Lanyon style, this is an engrossing and absorbing story that youll be unable to put down. From the subtle humor laced throughout to moving characters, the quick paced read will have you aching for both Sean and Dan and wondering who may be after Sean this time. Even with the satisfying happy ending, these two have a long road ahead but no doubt itll be a really great ride. Although a sequel this can be read alone but its more meaningful if youve read the previous book first. Youll be rooting for Sean and Dan just as much as I was." <br> </i></font><font size="-1" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><i><b>Whipped Cream</b></i></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i> Read <a href="white_knight.html#reviews">more reviews</a>.</i></b></font></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="21%"> <div align="right"> <a href="white_knight.html"><img src="images/white_knight.jpg" alt="" height="151" width="101" border="1"></a></div> </td> </tr> </table> <p><img src="images/red_spacer.jpg" alt="" height="15" width="530" border="0"></p> <table width="532" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="79%"> <p><a name="stiff"></a><font size="3" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><a href="a_ghost_of_a_chance.html">"A Ghost of a Chance"</a></b></font><i><font size="3" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><br> </b></font></i><font size="-1" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>Included in the </b></font><font size="-1" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>Scared Stiff</b></font><font size="-1" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b> collection<br> October 2007, MLR Press<br> </b></font><b><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">(Trade paperback)</font></b><font size="3" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><br> </font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0979311063/thethrillindetec" target="_blank">Buy this book</a></i></b></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Josh joins best-selling authors William Maltese, Sarah Black and Laura Baumbachfor a quartet of very different tales of m/m supernatural doings that'll have readers panting (in more ways than one) under the covers. In "<b>A Ghost of a Chance,"</b> Josh spins a tale of adventurous ghost hunters.</font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i>Read <a href="a_ghost_of_a_chance.html">an excerpt</a>.</i></b></font></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="21%"> <div align="right"> <a href="a_ghost_of_a_chance.html"><img src="images/scared_stiff.jpg" alt="" height="161" width="103" align="top" border="1"></a></div> </td> </tr> </table> <p><img src="images/red_spacer.jpg" alt="" height="15" width="530" border="0"></p> <table width="532" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr align="left"> <td valign="top" width="79%"> <p><font size="3" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><a href="cards.html">"Cards on the Table"</a></b></font><font size="3" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><br> </font><b><font size="-1" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Included in </font><font size="-1" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Partners in Crime: Boy Meets Body</font><font size="-1" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><br> November 2007, MLR Press<br> </font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">(Trade paperback)</font><font size="-1" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><br> </font></b><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1934531006/thethrillindetec" target="_blank">Buy this book</a></i></b></font></p> <p><b><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Also appears in </font><font size="-1" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><font color="red">Partners in Crime<br> </font></font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">January 2008, Loose id<br> (E-book)<br> </font></b><font size="-1" color="#eeeeee" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><a href="http://www.loose-id.com/detail.aspx?ID=639"><i>Buy this book</i></a></b></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Fifty years ago a glamorous Hollywood party ended in murder -- the only clue a bloody Tarot card. Timothy North is trying to find out what happened that long ago summer's night, but when a Tarot card turns up pinned to his front door, the only person Tim can turn to for help is his ex-lover, Detective Jack Brady.</font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i>Read <a href="cards.html">an excerpt</a></i></b></font><i><font size="-1" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>.</b></font></i></p> <p><br> <i><font size="-1" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>"Cards on the Table" </b>is Josh's contribution to </font><font size="-1" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>Boy Meets Body</b></font><font size="-1" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">, the first of a series of <b>Partners in Crime</b> pairings with Sarah Black.</font></i></p> <p><font size="-1" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><i>"... a near-perfect mystery. Suspenseful, sexy and with just enough characters and diversions to keep readers guessing."<br> </i></font><font size="-1" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><i>Gary M. Kramer, Philadelphia Gay News</i></b></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i>Read<a href="cards.html#reviews"> more reviews</a>.</i></b></font></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="21%"> <div align="right"> <font color="red"><a href="cards.html"><img src="images/partners.jpg" alt="" height="158" width="101" align="top" border="1"></a></font> <p><a href="cards.html"><img src="images/partners_in_crime_loose.jpg" alt="" height="152" width="101" border="1"></a></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <p><img src="images/red_spacer.jpg" alt="" height="15" width="530" border="0"></p> <table width="532" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="79%"> <p><font size="3" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><a href="snowball.html">"Snowba</a></b></font><font size="3" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><a href="snowball.html">ll in Hell"</a></b></font></p> <p><b><font size="-1" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Appears in </font><font size="-1" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Partners in Crime 2: I'll Be Dead for Christmas</font><font size="-1" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><br> 2007, MLR Press<br> </font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">(Trade paperback)</font><font size="-1" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><br> </font></b><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1934531022/thethrillindetec" target="_blank"><i>Buy this book</i></a></b></font></p> <p><b><font size="-1" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Also available</font></b><b><font size="-1" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">:</font></b><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><br> 2007, Aspen Mountain Press<br> </b></font><b><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">(E-book)</font></b><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><br> </b></font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><a href="http://www.aspenmountainpress.com/new-releases/snowball-in-hell/prod_110.html"><i>Buy the e-book</i></a></b></font></p> <p><font color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="-1">It's 1943 and the world is at war. Reporter Nathan Doyle is just back from the European Theater when he's asked to cover the murder of a society blackmailer--a man who, Homicide Detective Matthew Spain believes, Nathan had every reason to want dead.</font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i>Read <a href="snowball.html">an excerpt</a></i></b></font></p> <p><font color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="-1"><i>"Josh Lanyon possesses a remarkable ability to write "detective noir," set in the 1940's wartime era. Reading his novels is every bit as thrilling as watching those era movies such as Double Indemnity or Laura, because his images and sights and sounds are just that vivid. Readers are captivated and swept away to his world, and while there treating to real issues, such as the illegality of homosexual contact at the time, the dilemma of men with real drives and desires to either remain celibate, marry, or risk losing their careers and receiving prison time. Building suspense rivals the escalating tension between Lt. Matt and journalist Nathan, making Snowball in Hell another Josh Lanyon winner."<br> </i></font><font color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="-1"><i><b>Five Stars from Frost's Fancy, Rainbow Reviews</b></i></font></p> <p><font color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="-1"><i>"Gorgeous read, one for a quiet late night with rain on the roof. "<br> </i></font><font color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="-1"><i><b>Sharrow, Rain on the Roof</b></i></font></p> <div align="left"> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i>Read<a href="snowball.html#reviews"> more reviews</a>.</i></b></font></p> <p><i><font size="3" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/adultconf?dest=%2Fgroup%2Floveromancescafe%2F"><img src="images/LRCafe_hon-mention.jpg" alt="" height="92" width="101" align="left" border="1" hspace="4"></a></font><font size="-2" color="yellow" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>Honorable Mention,<br> "Best Historical Novel of 2007"<br> <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/adultconf?dest=%2Fgroup%2Floveromancescafe%2F">Love Romance Cafe</a></b> </font></i></p> </div> </td> <td valign="top" width="21%"> <div align="right"> <a href="snowball.html"><img src="images/partners_2.jpg" alt="" height="166" width="101" border="1"></a> <p><a href="snowball.html"><img src="images/snowball.jpg" alt="" height="152" width="101" border="1"></a></p> </div> <div align="center"> <p><img src="images/joy.jpg" alt="" height="58" width="101" border="1"></p> <p></p> <p></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <p><img src="images/red_spacer.jpg" alt="" height="15" width="530" border="0"></p> <table width="532" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="79%"> <p><font size="3" color="#ee0000" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>"<a href="in_a_dark_wood.html">In a Dark Wood</a>"</b></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>Appears in </b></font><font size="-1" color="#ee0000" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>Arresting Developments<br> </b></font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>November 2007, </b></font><font size="-1" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><a href="http://www.aspenmountainpress.com"><b>Aspen Mountain Press<br> </b></a></font><b><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">(Trade paperback)</font></b><font size="-1" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><a href="http://www.aspenmountainpress.com"><b><br> </b></a></font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i><a href="http://www.aspenmountainpress.com">Buy this book<br> </a></i></b></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">"In a Dark Wood" appears in<i> <b>Arresting Developments</b></i>, an anthology of police-themed short stories from Aspen Mountain Press.</font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i>Read <a href="in_a_dark_wood.html">an excerpt</a>.</i></b></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><i>"<b>In a Dark Wood</b> needs to be singled out for special praise. The comedic one liners... are here, as is a chilling on the edge of your seat scene that wouldnt disgrace Stephen King in its gory detail."<br> </i></font><font size="-1" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><i><b>Rainbow Reviews</b></i></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i>Read <a href="in_a_dark_wood.html#reviews">more reviews</a>.</i></b></font></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="21%"> <div align="right"> <a href="in_a_dark_wood.html"><img src="images/arresting.jpg" alt="" height="150" width="101" border="1"></a></div> </td> </tr> </table> <p><img src="images/red_spacer.jpg" alt="" height="15" width="530" border="0"></p> <table width="532" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="79%"> <p><a name="grounds"></a><font size="3" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><a href="dangerous_ground.html">"Dangerous Ground"</a></b></font><font size="3" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><br> </font><b><font size="-1" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">E-book<br> April 29, 2008, Loose id<br> </font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">(E-book)<br> </font></b><b><font size="-1" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><i><A HREF="http://www.loose-id.net/detail.aspx?ID=682">Buy this book</A></i></font></b></p> <p><b><font size="-1" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Also appears in </font><font size="-1" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Hostage</font><font size="-1" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><br> 2008, MLR Press<br> </font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">(Trade paperback)<br> </font><i><FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/193453126X/thethrillindetec" target="_blank">Buy this book</A></FONT></i></b></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Special Agents for the Department of Diplomatic Security, Taylor MacAllister and Will Brandt have been partners and best friends for three years, but everything changed the night Taylor admitted the truth about his feelings for Will. But it's complicated...</font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Taylor agrees to a camping trip in the High Sierras -- despite the fact that he hates camping -- because Will wants a chance to save their partnership. But the trip is a disaster from the first, and things rapidly go from bad to worse when they find a crashed plane and a couple of million dollars in stolen money.</font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">With a trio of m</font><font color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><font size="-1">urderous robbers trailing them, Will and Taylor are on dangerous ground, fighting for their partnership, their passion...and their lives.</font></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i>Read <a href="dangerous_ground.html">an excerpt</a><br> <br> </i></b></font></p> <p><i><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">"<b>Dangerous Ground </b>is fantastic! Its action packed, suspenseful, romantic, and erotic. I love Will and Taylor.  When theyre not dodging bullets or running for their lives, theyre driving each other crazy. Taylor is a little impulsive and Will is more contemplative. They are sexy as hell and they make a great team. <b>Dangerous Ground</b> has the perfect balance of story and romance. I want more! Will and Taylors adventures would make a great series!"<br> </font><font size="-1" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>A Recommended Read</b></font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"> at </font><font size="-1" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>Joyfully Reviewed</b></font></i></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i>Read <a href="dangerous_ground.html#reviews">more reviews</a>.</i></b></font></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="21%"> <div align="center"> <font color="red"><a href="dangerous_ground.html"><img src="images/dangerous_ground.jpg" alt="" height="147" width="101" border="1"></a></font> <p><font color="#fe0000"><a href="dangerous_ground.html"><img src="images/hostage.jpg" alt="" height="159" width="101" border="1"></a></font></p> <p><font color="#fe0000"><img src="images/joy.jpg" alt="" height="58" width="101" border="0"></font></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <p><img src="images/red_spacer.jpg" alt="" height="15" width="530" border="0"></p> <table width="532" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="79%"> <p><font size="3" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><a href="i_spy_something_bloody.html">"I Spy Something Bloody"</a></b></font><font size="3" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><br> </font><b><font size="-1" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Will appear in </font><font size="-1" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Partners in Crime 3: Footsteps in the Dark</font><font size="-1" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><br> June 2008, MLR Press<br> </font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">(Trade paperback)<br> </font></b><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1934531154/thethrillindetec" target="_blank"><i>Buy this book</i></a></b></font><b><font size="-1" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><br> </font></b></p> <p><b><font size="-1" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Also available as</font></b><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b> a standalone e-book<br> </b></font><b><font size="-1" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">June 24, 2008, Loose id<br> </font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">(E-book)<br> </font></b><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i><a href="http://www.loose-id.com/detail.aspx?ID=728">Buy the e-book</a></i></b></font></p> <p><font color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="-1">Espionage was always a game, but now British spy Mark Hardwicke wants to retire and settle down with ex-lover Dr. Stephen Thorpe -- if Stephen will have him. Unfortunately, Stephen has other plans -- and so do the terrorists who want Mark dead.</font></p> <div align="left"> <p><font color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="-1">"I Spy Something Bloody" is Josh's contribution to </font><font color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="-1">Footsteps in the Darks</font><font color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="-1">, the third of a series of </font><font color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="-1">Partners in Crime</font><font color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="-1"> pairings with Sarah Black.</font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i>Read <a href="i_spy_something_bloody.html">an excerpt</a></i></b></font></p> <p><i><font color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="-1">"I dont have any particular attraction to spy stories or stories about the Reservation but as a casual reader of these genres, I found them to be very enjoyable, emotional and an excellent read. I highly recommend this novel!"<br> </font><font color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="-1"><b>Five stars from Mathew at Rainbow Reviews</b></font></i></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i>Read<a href="i_spy_something_bloody.html#reviews"> more reviews</a>.</i></b></font></p> </div> </td> <td valign="top" width="21%"> <div align="right"> <font color="red"><a href="i_spy_something_bloody.html"><img src="images/partners_3.jpg" alt="" height="159" width="101" align="top" border="1"></a></font> <p><font color="red"><a href="i_spy_something_bloody.html"><img src="images/i_spy_something_bloody.jpg" alt="" height="147" width="101" align="top" border="1"></a></font></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <p><img src="images/red_spacer.jpg" alt="" height="15" width="530" border="0"></p> <table width="532" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="79%"> <p><font size="3" color="#ee0000" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>"<a href="a_limited_engagement.html">By Limited Engagement</a>"</b></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>Part of the </b></font><font size="-1" color="#ee0000" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>A Sip... A Charity Wedding </b></font><font size="-1"><span class="ds82"><font color="#ee0000" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>Short Collection</b></font></span></font><font size="-1" color="#fefefe" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><br> September 2008, </b></font><font size="-1" color="#fefefe" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b></b></font><font size="-1" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>Torquere Press<br> </b></font><b><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">(E-book - No longer available)<br> </font></b></p> <p><b><font size="-1"><span class="ds46">Also appears in <a href="collected_novellas.html">Josh Lanyon: Collected Novellas</a></span></font></b></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Ross has done everything Adam has asked him to do, including giving the man a part in his new play. All he wants is for Adam to keep his mouth shut about Ross' real life, which contradicts his image as a straight playwright. Adam knows that Ross has to face his true self, though, and he's ready to do whatever it takes to make Ross see the truth. Will all of Adam's effort backfire, or will Ross take what he needs?</font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i>Read <a href="a_limited_engagement.html#excerpt">an excerpt</a></i></b></font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><i><br> </i></font></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="21%"> <div align="right"> <a href="a_limited_engagement.html"><img src="images/weddingsip.jpg" alt="" height="152" width="101" border="1"></a></div> <div align="center"> <p><i><font size="-2" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times">The proceeds from the original sales of this story were donated to gay and lesbian legal defense funds supporting the rights of gay marriage.</font></i></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <p><img src="images/red_spacer.jpg" alt="" height="15" width="530" border="0"></p> <table class="dsR10" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="79%"> <p><font size="3" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><a href="lovers_and_strangers.html">"Lovers and Other Strangers"</a><br> </b></font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>Appears in </b></font><font size="-1" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>Partners in Crime 4: The Art of Dying<br> </b></font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>2009, MLR Press<br> </b></font><b><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">(Trade paperback)</font></b></p> <p><b><font size="-1" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Also available as</font></b><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><br> </b></font><b><font size="-1" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">July 2009, Aspen Mountain Press<br> </font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">(E-book)</font></b></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Recovering from a near fatal accident, artist Finn Barret returns to Seal Island in Maine to rest and recuperate. But Seal Island is haunted with memories, some sweet, some sad; three years ago Finn found his lover in the arms of Fitch, Finn's twin brother. Since that day, Finn has seen neither Conlan nor Fitch. In fact, no one has seen Fitch. </font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">What happened to him? Did Fitch run away, as everyone believes? Or did he meet a more sinister fate? To put the past to rest - and see if there's any chance of a future with Con - Finn must discover the truth. But the deeper he digs, the more reason he has to fear Con is the only one who knows what truly happened to Fitch...</font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i>Read <a href="lovers_and_strangers.html#excerpt">an excerpt</a></i></b></font></p> <p class="ds39"><font size="-1"><span class="ds29">"....speechless here. There was this vibrant splash of color and a hauntingly beautiful storyline. I have to say that I think this is Lanyon's best work so far."</span><span class="ds48"><span class="ds46"><span class="ds22"><br> </span></span></span></font><span class="ds49"><font size="-1">Emerald Jaguar for Morrigan Ezine</font></span></p> <p class="ds39"><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i>Read<a href="lovers_and_strangers.html#reviews"> more reviews</a>.</i></b></font></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="21%"> <div align="right"> <font color="red"><a href="lovers_and_strangers.html"><img src="images/partners_in_crime4.jpg" alt="" height="159" width="101" border="1"></a></font></div> <div align="center"> <p><a href="lovers_and_strangers.html"><img src="images/art-of-dying.jpg" alt="" height="152" width="101" border="1"></a></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <p><img src="images/red_spacer.jpg" alt="" height="15" width="530" border="0"></p> <table width="532" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="79%"> <p><font size="3" color="#ee0000" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>"<a href="until_we_meet_once_more.html">Until We Meet Once More</a>"</b></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>Appears in </b></font><font size="-1" color="#ee0000" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><a href="http://www.torquerebooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1485">Because of the Brave</a></b></font><font size="-1" color="#fefefe" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><br> July 2009, </b></font><font size="-1" color="#fefefe" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b></b></font><font size="-1" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>Aspen Mountain Press<br> </b></font><b><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">(E-book)<br> </font></b><b><font size="-1" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><i><a href="http://www.aspenmountainpress.com/coming-soon/coming-soon/because-of-the-brave/prod_259.html">Buy this book</a></i></font></b></p> <p><i><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">15% of sales at AMP will be donated to the SLDN to help gay members of our military. </font></i><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><i> </i></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i>Read <a href="until_we_meet_once_more.html#excerpt">an excerpt</a></i></b></font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><i><br> </i></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><i><br> </i></font></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="21%"> <div align="right"> <a href="http://www.aspenmountainpress.com/new-releases/because-of-the-brave/prod_259.html"><img src="images/because_of_the_brave.jpg" alt="" height="151" width="101" border="1"></a></div> </td> </tr> </table> <p><img src="images/red_spacer.jpg" alt="" height="15" width="530" border="0"></p> <table width="532" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="79%"> <p><font size="3" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>"<a href="out_of_the_blue.html">Out of the Blue</a>"</b></font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><br> August 31, 2009, Liquid Silver<br> (E-book)<br> </b></font><b><font size="-1" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><i><a href="http://www.king-cart.com/cgi-bin/cart.cgi?store=linda018&product_name=Out+Of+The+Blue&return_page=&user-id=&password=&exchange=&exact_match=exact">Buy this book</a></i></font></b></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>Will also appear in </b></font><font size="-1" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>Esprit de Corps<br> </b></font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b> 2009, MLR Press<br> (Trade paperback)</b></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><i><b>Esprit de Corps</b>, a military anthology due out in Autumn 2009 will feature stories by Victor J. Banis, Samantha Kane, George Seaton and Josh Lanyon. </i></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Grieving over the death of his lover, British flying ace Bat Bryant accidentally kills the man threatening him with exposure. Unfortunately theres a witness: the big, rough American they call Cowboy  and Cowboy has his own price for silence.</font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i>Read <a href="out_of_the_blue.html#excerpt">an excerpt</a>.</i></b></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><i>"Have you ever felt so immersed in a book that it seemed you were part of the action?<b> Out of the Blue</b> will have that effect on you. The adrenalin of the suicide flights, the courage displayed by the airmen in rescuing their comrades while under heavy fire, the firefights in the air, the drone of the aircraft, the crashes as planes went down in flames with their pilots still shooting at the enemy, the camaraderie among the pilots - the action was all too exciting at times!! This is such a wonderful story that you will read it again and again and again."<br> </i></font><font size="-1" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><i><b>Wave for Reviews by Jessewave</b></i></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i>Read <a href="out_of_the_blue.html#reviews">more reviews</a>.</i></b></font></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="21%"> <div align="right"> <a href="out_of_the_blue.html"><img src="images/out_of_the_blue.jpg" alt="" height="146" width="101" border="1"></a> <p><font color="red"><img src="images/esprit.jpg" alt="" height="162" width="101" border="1"></font></p> <p><img src="images/reviewer_top_pick.jpg" alt="" height="70" width="101" border="1"></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <p><img src="images/red_spacer.jpg" alt="" height="15" width="530" border="0"></p> <table width="532" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="79%"> <p><font size="3" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><a href="dont_look_back.html">"Don't Look Back"</a><br> </b></font><b><font size="-1" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Will appear in print as part of </font><font size="-1" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Partners in Crime 5</font><font size="-1" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><br> </font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">(Trade paperback)</font></b></p> <p><b><font size="-1" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Also available as</font></b><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b> a standalone e-book<br> </b></font><b><font size="-1" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">June 2009, Loose id<br> </font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">(E-book)</font></b></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">He was chuckling, a deep, sexy sound as he pushed Peter back on the satiny cushions. Was this for real? Was he going to go through with it? Peter blinked up as his tie was unfastened, tossed aside, his shirt unbuttoned, laid wide. The evening breeze -- scented of smog and jasmine -- felt cool against his overheated skin, like the lightest breath.</font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Peter Killian, curator at Constantine House in Los Angeles, wakes in the hospital to find himself accused of stealing a Tenth Century Chinese sculpture. Peter knows hes not a thief -- but thats all he knows. Why is hot and handsome Detective Mike Griffin so sure hes guilty -- and so bent on seeing Peter arrested?</font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">And why is Peter having these weird dreams about an unseen lover who somehow reminds him uncomfortably of Michael Griffin? </font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i>Read<a href="dont_look_back.html#excerpt"> an excerpt</a>.</i></b></font></p> <p class="ds59"><font size="-1"><span class="ds29">"</span><span class="ds32">Don't Look Back</span><span class="ds29"> has a drier, wry humor element but it's gentle pace will pull readers into the story. It is a tightly written, masterfully plotted, quiet and somber toned story from an author who has become an autobuy."</span><span class="ds46"><span class="ds22"><br> </span></span><span class="ds67">Night Owl Romance</span></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i> Read<a href="dont_look_back.html#reviews"> more reviews</a>.</i></b></font></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="21%"> <div align="center"> <font color="red"><a href="dont_look_back.html"><img src="images/dont_look_back.jpg" alt="" height="151" width="101" border="1"></a></font> <p><font color="red"><a href="http://www.joyfullyreviewed.com/reviews/RRs/Oct09RR/dontlookback.JL.html"><img src="images/joyful_recco.jpg" alt="" height="51" width="101" border="1"></a></font></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <p><img src="images/red_spacer.jpg" alt="" height="15" width="530" border="0"></p> <table width="532" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="79%"> <p><font size="3" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><a href="collected_novellas.html">"In Sunshine and In Shadow"</a><br> </b></font><b><font size="-1" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Appears exclusively in</font></b><b><font size="-1" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"> </font><font size="-1" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Collected Novellas, Volume One</font><font size="-1" color="#eeeeee" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><br> </font></b><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>2009, MLR Press.<br> (</b></font><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><font size="-1" color="white">Trade paperback)<br> </font></b></font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/160820006X/thethrillindetec" target="_blank">Buy this book</a></i></b></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white"><a href="collected_novellas.html#excerpt"><b><i>Read an excerpt</i></b></a></font></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="21%"> <div align="center"> <a href="collected_novellas.html"><img src="images/collected_novellas_1.jpg" alt="" height="159" width="101" align="top" border="1"></a></div> </td> </tr> </table> <p><img src="images/red_spacer.jpg" alt="" height="15" width="530" border="0"></p> <table width="532" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="79%"> <p><font size="3" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><a href="i_spy_something_wicked.html">"I Spy Something Wicked"</a><br> </b></font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>October</b></font><b><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"> 2009, Loose Id<br> (E-book)<br> </font></b><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i><a href="http://www.loose-id.com/prod-I_Spy_Something_Wicked-1051.aspx">Buy this book</a></i></b></font></p> <div align="left"> <p class="ds68"><font size="-1"><span class="ds46"><span class="ds72">It's All Hallow's Eve and Mark </span></span><span class="ds70"><span class="ds72">Hardwicke's past has come back to haunt him. The Old Man needs Mark to go on one last mission to the wild, lonely hills of Afghanistan -- a mission Mark knows he can't survive. Even if he does make it back, Stephen has made it very clear Mark is out of second chances. Should Mark place his lover and his own happiness b</span></span><span class="ds46"><span class="ds72">efore duty?</span></span></font></p> <p class="ds68"><span class="ds46"><span class="ds72"><font size="-1">Especially when deep down Mark knows he doesn't deserve a happy ending?</font></span></span></p> <p class="ds68"><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">The sexy, spooky holiday sequel to</font><font size="-1"><span class="ds46"><font color="#eeeeee"> </font><font color="red">"<a href="i_spy_something_bloody.html">I Spy Something Bloody</a>"</font><font color="#eeeeee">.</font></span></font></p> </div> <p><font size="-1" color="white"><a href="i_spy_something_wicked.html#excerpt"><b><i>Read an excerpt</i></b></a></font></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="21%"> <div align="right"> <font color="red"><a href="i_spy_something_wicked.html"><img class="dsR11" src="images/something_wicked.jpg" alt="" border="1"></a></font></div> </td> </tr> </table> <p><img src="images/red_spacer.jpg" alt="" height="15" width="530" border="0"></p> <table width="532" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="79%"> <p><font size="3" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>"<a href="old_poison.html">Old Poison</a>"<br> </b></font><b><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">2009,</font></b><b><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"> Loose Id</font></b></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><i>The sequel to "<a href="dangerous_ground.html">Dangerous Ground</a>"</i></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Happy Birthday, Taylor! Taylor has pretty well recovered from his shooting, but not everyone is happy to see him reach his next birthday. Does a cobra pickled in a bottle of wine means someone cares enough to send the very <strike>death</strike> -- best? </font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white"><a href="old_poison.html#excerpt"><b><i>Read an excerpt</i></b></a></font></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="21%"> <div align="right"> <span class="ds82"><a href="http://www.loose-id.com/Dangerous-Ground-2-Old-Poison.aspx"><img class="dsR49" src="images/old_poison.jpg" alt="" border="1"></a></span></div> </td> </tr> </table> <p><img src="images/red_spacer.jpg" alt="" height="15" width="530" border="0"></p> <table width="532" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="79%"> <p><font size="3" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>"<a href="dark_farewell.html">The Dark Farewell"</a><br> </b></font><b><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">October 2009, MLR Press<br> Coming March 5, 2010, Samhai Publishing<br> </font></b><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i><a href="http://samhainpublishing.com/coming/the-dark-farewell">Buy this book</a></i></b></font></p> <p><span class="ds70"><span class="ds72"><font size="-1">It's he Roaring Twenties. Skirts are short, crime is rampant, and booze is in short supply. Prohibition has hit Little Egypt where newspaper man David Flynn has come to do a follow-up story on the Herren Massacre. But the massacre isn't the only news in town. Spiritualist Medium Julian Devereux claims to speak to the dead--and he charges a pretty penny for it.</font></span></span></p> <p class="ds59"><span class="ds70"><span class="ds72"><font size="-1">Flynn knows a phoney when he sees one, and he's convinced Devereux is as fake as a cigar store Indian. And heís absolutely right. But when Julian begins to see bloodstained visions of a serial killer, the only person he can turn to for help is the cynical Mr. Flynn.</font></span></span></p> <p class="ds59"><font size="-1"><span class="ds70"><span class="ds32">The Dark Farewell</span><span class="ds72"> will be part of </span><span class="ds32">The Mysterious</span><span class="ds72"> anthology from MLR Press, </span></span></font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">a trio of historical ghost stories, alongside Laura Baumbach and Alex Beecroft, and as</font><font size="-1"><span class="ds91"><span class="ds70"> </span></span><span class="ds70"><span class="ds72">an ebook standalone</span></span></font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"> from Samhain.</font></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="21%"> <div align="center"> <font color="#fe0000"><a href="dark_farewell.html"><img src="images/the_mysterious.jpg" alt="" height="159" width="101" border="1"></a></font> <p><span class=""><a href="dark_farewell.html"><img class="dsR51" src="images/dark_farewell.jpg" alt="" border="1"></a></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <p><img src="images/red_spacer.jpg" alt="" height="15" width="530" border="0"></p> <table width="532" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="79%"> <p><font size="3" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><a href="the_dickens_with_love.html">"The Dickens with Love"</a><br> </b></font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>December 1, 2009, Samhain<br> (E-book)<br> </b></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Thre</font><font size="-1"><span class="ds14">e years ago, a scandal cost antiquarian book hunter James Winter everything that mattered to him: his job, his lover, and his self-respect. But now the rich and unscrupulous Mr. Stephanopoulos has a proposition. A previously unpublished Christmas book by Charles Dickens has turned up in the hands of an English chemistry professor by the name of Sedgwick Crisparkle. Mr. S. wants that book at any price -- and he needs James to get it for him. Thereís just one catch. James can't tell the nutty professor who the buyer is.</span></font></p> <p><font size="-1"><span class="ds14">Actually, two catches because the nutty Professor Crisparkle turns out to be totally gorgeous -- and on the prowl. Faster than you can say "Old Saint Nick," James is mixing business with pleasure -- and in real danger of forgetting that this is just a holiday romance.</span></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white"><a href="the_dickens_with_love.html#excerpt"><b><i>Read an excerpt</i></b></a></font></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="21%"> <div align="center"> <font color="#fe0000"><a href="the_dickens_with_love.html"><img class="dsR12" src="images/the_dickens.jpg" alt="" border="1"></a></font></div> </td> </tr> </table> <p></p> <p><img src="images/red_spacer.jpg" alt="" height="15" width="530" border="0"></p> <table width="64" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="532"><font color="#000011"><a name="non_fiction"></a></font><b><i><font size="+2" color="#ee0000" face="Arial">Non-Fiction </font></i></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="532"><img src="images/red_spacer.jpg" alt="" height="20" width="530" border="0"></td> </tr> </table> <table width="532" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="79%"> <p><font color="#ee0000"><a name="man"></a></font><a href="man_oh_man.html"><font size="3" color="#fe0000" face="Arial"><b>Man, Oh Man!<i>: </i>Writing M/M Fiction for Kinks & Cash</b></font></a><font size="3" color="#ee0000" face="Arial"><b><a href="man_oh_man.html"><br> </a></b></font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial"><b>2008, MLR Press<br> </b></font><b><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">(Trade paperback)</font></b><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial"><b><br> </b></font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1934531308/thethrillindetec" target="_blank">Buy this book</a></i></b></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>March 2008, MLR Press<br> (E-book)<br> </b></font><font size="-1" color="white"><b><i><a href="http://www.fictionwise.com/eBooks/eBook65867.htm?cache">Buy this book</a>.</i></b></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">At last! A writing book geared to the kind of stories that you love to read! Let Lambda Award finalist Josh Lanyon take you in hand. </font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><i>"Even if you don't write male/male fiction, anyone writing erotica, GLBT fiction, romance or other genres will get a satisfying meal out of <b>Man Oh Man!</b> More than a how-to genre book, Lanyon's advice on writing is universaland tasty."<br> </i></font><font size="-1" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><i><b>Vincent Diamond for Erotic Writers and Readers Association</b></i></font></p> <p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><b><i>Read<a href="man_oh_man.html#reviews"> more reviews</a>.</i></b></font></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="21%"> <div align="right"> <font color="#ee0000"><a href="man_oh_man.html"><img src="images/man_oh_man.jpg" alt="" height="158" width="101" align="top" border="1"></a></font></div> </td> </tr> </table> <p><img src="images/red_spacer.jpg" alt="" height="15" width="530" border="0"></p> <table width="532" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="79%"> <p><span class="ds77">"The Play of Shadows and Light: Hansen before Dave"<br> </span><font size="-1"><span class="ds46"><b><font color="#eeeeee">Appears exclusively in </font></b></span><b><font color="#eeeeee"><span class="ds78">The Golden Age of Gay Fiction</span></font></b><span class="ds46"><b><font color="#eeeeee"><br> </font></b><font color="white"><b>2009, MLR Press.<br> </b></font><b><font color="white">Trade paperback<br> </font></b></span></font><font size="-1" color="white"><b><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1608200485/thethrillindetec" target="_blank">Buy this book</a>.</i></b></font></p> <p><font size="-1"><span class="ds46"><span class="ds74">Josh contributes an essay on Joseph Hansen's early career as pulp fiction writer James Colton in this entertaining chronicle of </span><span class="ds32">The </span></span><span class="ds79"><span class="ds32">Golden Age of Gay Fiction</span></span><span class="ds46"><span class="ds75"> </span><span class="ds74">-- roughly the period between the first </span><span class="ds32">Kinsey Report</span><span class="ds74"> and the first collection of </span><span class="ds75">Tales of the City</span><span class="ds74">. 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